Predator Hunting Grounds is an awesome game, especially for someone who has been a fan of the movie series. In the game, you can be a hunter or choose to be hunted. Regardless of the role, it’s a lot of fun. But lately, when users log-in they are encountered with a network error and a message that states “Network error has occurred: Session heartbeat failure! Verify internet connectivity.” As the errors message suggests, the problem could be with your internet connection as it’s failing to establish communication with the servers.
However, users on various forums have claimed their connection to be fine but the error still occurs. We have a list of solutions you can try to fix the issue.
Fix 1: Hard Reset PlayStation
There is no option to clear the cache in PlayStation; however, hard resetting the PlayStation performs the same function. PlayStation users try this method to fix the network error in Predator Hunting Grounds.
- Completely shut down the PlayStation.
- Remove the power cord from the back and let the PlayStation sit for a few minutes until all processes are completely shut down.
- Put the power cord back to its place and start the PlayStation normally. Check if the anteater error still appears.
Fix 2: Check Firewall
For PC users, the Firewall is a great antimalware software integrated in the OS to defend your system against malicious software, but often it’s the cause of most problems. Sometimes, the error can also be caused as the Windows Firewall is blocking the game. There are two things you can try, one a little less risky than the other. Try adding the game to the Windows exception list. You can follow the same steps we have highlighted in this blog to add Chrome to the exception list of Windows Firewall.
The other method is to simply turn off the Windows Defender and try playing the game. If it works, the problem is with the Windows Defender.
You also need to add the game to the Windows Firewall exception list. The above post can also guide you with that. Once you have performed the steps, try launching the game and check if the problem persists.
Fix 3: Switch DNS Servers
We will try to attempt to resolve the network error in Predator Hunting Grounds by changing the current DNS to Google public DNS. Sometimes the default or automatic DNS provided by the ISP can cause slow connection and other connectivity issues, change it to see if it fixes the problem. Here are steps you can follow.
- Press Windows + I and Network & Internet
- Click on Change adapter options
- Select and right-click on your preferred network connection and choose Properties
- Click on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and select Properties
- Toggle Use the following BNS server addresses and enter the Google public DNS
- In Preferred DNS server as 8.8.8.8 and Alternate DNS server as 8.8.4.4
- Click OK to save changes.
That should do it, now try playing the game.
Fix 4: Terminate Bandwidth Intensive Tasks
Whenever we encounter errors caused due to connectivity problem, it’s a good idea to verify there are no running tasks such as video streaming, file transfer, torrents, and other bandwidth intensive tasks that can throttle the internet speed for Predator Hunting Grounds and cause the network error.
Check your system for such tasks and terminate them from the Task Manager. Additionally, you can also verify there is no Windows Update in progress or other software update that could be syphoning the bandwidth. Pause all updated and launch the game.
That’s all we have in this guide, we hope the Predator Hunting Grounds Network Error is resolved. If you have a better solution let us know in comments.
